A Study of IMAGINATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

This is Volume IX of thirty-two on a series on Developmental Psychology. First published in 1935, this study looks at the development of imagination in children. Which uses a method in which observation of the free behaviour of children plays the principal role, but in which experimental technique is represented by a somewhat rigorous control of conditions, by a discreet use of question and answer, and by an emphasis on the necessity for accurate and full report, while psychoanalysis, at the same time, contributes a depth of insight, a realization of the importance of affective factors, and an alertness for the significance of detail.

I: Practical and Experimental; I: Introductory; II: The New Technique; III: Reactions of the London Children to the Technique; IV: Reactions of the London Children to the Technique; V: Reactions of the Brisbane Children to the Technique; VI: Reactions of the Brisbane Children to the Technique; VII: General Review of Part I; II: Theoretical Discussion; VIII: Phantasy and the Emotional Life; IX: Some Aspects of Childish Thinking; X: The Function of Phantasy; XI: Children's Drawings; XII: Imagery in Children; XIII: The Ink-Blot Reactions; XIV: Children's Dreams; XV: Problems of Early Childhood and their Solution; XVI: The Symbolic Process in Children's Thinking; XVII: Play; XVIII: Phantasy and Education; XIX: Comparative Study of the Brisbane and London Material; XX: Conclusion